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Auggies help third graders get ready for college

iknowicanIt may seem that third grade is a bit too early to begin thinking about going to college. But Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak doesn’t think so. Auggie Eagle doesn’t think so. And neither did the 2,700 Minneapolis third graders who participated in the “I Know I Can” College Awareness Day.

On Thursday, Feb. 10, Augsburg elementary education majors joined staff from Augsburg’s Office of Admission at Seward Montessori school. With Auggie Eagle also in attendance, they read to 60 students from the book, “I Know I Can,” written and illustrated by Wendy R. Rouillard. Continue reading “Auggies help third graders get ready for college”